Could Q really be a pig farmer named Jim Watkins?

This appeared in The Millennial Source

While the specifics of the QAnon conspiracy theory can be difficult to parse, even the most casual observer of the movement likely knows it all revolves around the anonymous Q. Since Q’s first post appeared on the 4chan imageboard in October 2017, Q’s identity has been unknown, with QAnon followers believing it could be a high-level military figure or even President Donald Trump.

Skeptics, however, have long suggested the posts are an elaborate grift, pushed by right-wing conspiracy mongers and trolls for financial gain. There are many who believe Q, if he or she ever truly was a real person, is now just one of these grifters. Now, new evidence suggests the person currently posting as Q could be Jim Watkins.

For people who haven’t been deeply invested in the phenomenon, that name might not mean anything, but for those who have tracked QAnon’s growth, Watkins has always been a central figure.

So, who is Jim Watkins?

US Army vet Jim Watkins

Until a 2016 profile in Splinter, there was little publicly known about Watkins. At the age of 18, Watkins, who was raised in Washington state, joined the United States Army. He served as a helicopter mechanic and recruiter before, in 1987, the…